Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) Key - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) Key - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i Vocational Skills Development The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) Key figures 2016 Federal Departement of
2 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
… 54 projects… ... in 35 countries… … with an investment
- f 77.4 mio CHF.
At the end of 2016, the SDC Vocational Skills Development (VSD) portfolio comprised…
3 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
… 54 projects… ... in 35 countries… … with an investment
- f 77.4 mio CHF.
At the end of 2016, the SDC Vocational Skills Development (VSD) portfolio comprised… The average duration of the SDC support to VSD projects is 12 years. 8.5% of SDC’s total expenditures for «project-type interventions» in non-EU countries was for VSD-projects.
4 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
54 projects ... in 35 countries … with an investment
- f 77.4 mio CHF.
5 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Sub-Saharan Africa 54 Projects… ... in 35 countries.. … with an investment
- f 77.4 mio CHF.
11 12 20.2 Latin Amercia and the Caribbean 4 4 7.1 Eastern Europe and CIS 17 11 17.6 Middle East and North Africa 3 2 3.6 East and South Asia 19 6 28.9
Data: Natural Earth Data, SDC e+i Portfolio Database (31 December 2016), SDC statistical office, kek.ch (replication key: 03_karte) General remarks: The boundaries and names shown, as well as the designations used on this map, do not imply officialendorsement or acceptance by Switzerland. * For the project in Chad, expenditure data is unavailable. For one of the two projects in Macedonia, there expenditure was zero in 2016. / + Expenditures for a regional transboundary project in Western Africa are assigned to Benin.6 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
VSD projects by selected organizational units
32 projects from the South Cooperation Department 14 projects from the Cooperation with Eastern Europe Department 3 projects from the New EU Member States Division (of the Cooperation with Eastern Europe Department) 5 projects from the Humanitarian Aid and SHA Department
7 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Priority countries and regions with VSD projects
Cooperation with the South 18 of 21 Swiss Humanitarian Aid 5 of 16 Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) New EU member states (Contribution to the enlarged EU) 7 of 9 3 of 13
8 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Contribution to the strategic orientations
- f the SDC‘s new
Education Strategy
9 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Education System Governance Quality and relevance Transition to work Sustainability, Cohesion and Resilience Inclusion and Equity
10 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Education System Governance:
- Governance of VSD: 26 projects
- Improvement of infrastructure: 12 projects
- Financing of VSD: 8 projects
Quality and relevance:
- Development of standards: 30 projects
- Training of instructors: 17 projects
- Skills testing and certification: 15 projects
- New learning and teaching methods: 15 projects
- Quality control: 9 projects
Transition to work:
- Career guidance: 13 projects
- Labour market information system: 12 projects
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Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Inclusion and Equity:
- Recognition of prior learning: 10 projects
- Bursaries and training grants: 5 projects
Sustainability, Cohesion and Resilience:
Projects of other sectors such as water, safe migration et cetera that use VSD as an instrument for reaching their goals are present in the SDC portfolio. Specific fields of activity under this strategic orientation will be defined in 2017.
12 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
At least 18 projects focus on strengthening work-based learning, an important element of the dual approach. 8 projects are designed along the lines of dual VET, i.e. strongly articulating school-based and work-based learning 1 project promoting the adaptation and contextualization of dual VET approaches in development cooperation is active on global level. 7 projects explicitly link their activities to basic education.
Role of dual vocational education and training Link to basic education
13 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
At least 18 projects focus on strengthening work-based learning, an important element of the dual approach. 8 projects are designed along the lines of dual VET, i.e. strongly articulating school-based and work-based learning 1 project promoting the adaptation and contextualization of dual VET approaches in development cooperation is active on global level. 7 projects explicitly link their activities to basic education.
14 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Integration of VSD in Cooperation Strategies
2 VSD as a domain of its
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5 VSD as a domain together with basic education 14 VSD as a component
- f the employment and
income domain 3 VSD as component of
- ther domains
12 VSD not mentioned as a component
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Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development
Partners
27 Swiss expert/specialised institutions, e.g. NGOs, private sector companies, public corporations and government institutions 17 International expert/specialised institutions, such as INGOs and private sector companies from OECD countries 15 Government or government associated institutions / public corporations from the partner country 13 Local NGOs and private sector companies 6 Multilateral institutions
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Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development